However, before he could get close to Liu Haojia, he was stopped by a servant who raised his hand, but he immediately saluted Liu Haojia and said: "My lord, are you here for business or private matters? Little Liu Dahai is willing to serve me. I dare not say anything else. The little one was born here, and there is nothing here that the little person is not familiar with. Moreover, the little one is also familiar with the dialects of various countries."
Liu Haojia originally wanted to send him away, but he suddenly realized something and looked at him up and down with interest.
The young man was neither tall nor strong, just ordinary. But his eyes are very bright. So Liu Haojia said: "How did you let me know that I am an official? I am not wearing official uniform!"
Liu Dahai said with a smile: "This is how the official entertains the villain! The villain will know that you are of extraordinary origin just by looking at your majesty! Look at the few people around you who are all powerful people. So I can take a bold guess and I am afraid that the official is still a military attache! The most important point is that although you have changed your clothes, you have forgotten to change your official boots!"
Liu Haojia looked down in surprise. Sure enough, he was wearing a pair of official boots! So he laughed loudly and said: "Good eyesight! My surname is also Liu. Speaking of which, you and I may have been the same family five hundred years ago. And I am indeed a military attache, but I have very good eyesight! I will hire you to do this. Be a guide!"
After saying that, Liu Haojia took out a two-liang small ingot from his waist and threw it over. Liu Dahai knew the weight as soon as he took it and touched it, and he immediately beamed with joy!
When he saw Liu Pei's boldness, he knew he was in for a big deal! He quickly made a gesture to kowtow, but Liu Haojia waved his hand to stop him and said: "I will give you another chance. Guess what I am doing here? If you guess, I will give you someone to work for me." Opportunity, if you do it well, I will not hesitate to reward you!"
Liu Dahai immediately rolled his eyes and began to think about it. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, I would venture to guess, are you here to recruit people?"
Liu Haojia was really stunned this time! How come you let it slip without saying anything! So Liu Haojia suppressed his smile and asked, "How did you guess it?"
It is said that Liu Haojia is also a leader of tens of thousands of people, and he has already developed a leadership temperament. In addition, he has been killing a lot these days, and he has a murderous aura about him. So once you have a straight face, it’s really scary!
When Liu Dahai saw his expression, the little pride in his heart flew away in an instant! Sweat immediately appeared on his forehead, and he immediately knelt down and said, "Sir, it is indeed the villain who guessed it! If my lord is here for official business, he will definitely wear official clothes. But lord, you are wearing casual clothes now. In addition, Everyone who comes here is either doing business or doing business. Officials like you must have someone in charge of doing business and will not come in person. The only thing left is that you want to recruit some skilled craftsmen here to go home. "
Liu Haojia thought for a while and felt that this still seemed to be the case! There are only a few things this person wants to do in Macau. If you rule them out one by one, you can guess the real purpose.
So Liu Haojia softened his expression and said: "Get up. Since you guessed it, I keep my word. Then you should do a good job for me. If you do it well, I will not be short of silver rewards! In addition, I don't want to be too ostentatious. , so from now on just call me Master."
Liu Dahai, who had just stood up, immediately bowed and said: "Yes, sir. Don't worry, sir, I will try my best!"
Liu Haojia nodded with satisfaction and said: "You are indeed very smart and your guesses are accurate. Master, I really want to recruit some skilled craftsmen. What I want to recruit most is a group of craftsmen who can build ships, especially those who know how to build Western ships. In addition, I want to recruit some craftsmen who can build ships." If you want a few sailors, I can give you a very high salary. For example, 100 taels per month, and you can sign a five-year contract!"
Liu Dahai said with an expression of embarrassment: "Sir, if you want to find some barbarian sailors, it's not difficult. I can definitely find them for you. But it's difficult for craftsmen."
Liu Haojia said: "Oh, why? Is it difficult to recruit craftsmen?"
Liu Dahai said: "Master, you don't know that the shipbuilding craftsmen here are all barbarians with red eyebrows and green eyes. They gather here and are definitely not willing to leave. After all, everyone is willing to live with the same people."
Liu Haojia said: "If I give you more money, can you invite some people to follow me?"
Liu Dahai smiled bitterly and said: "Master, those good craftsmen earn a lot of money locally and live a comfortable life! And even if you give them more money, they will live like this. So they will not follow you. As for those People who follow you for money, can you trust their craftsmanship?"
Liu Haojia couldn't help frowning after hearing this. He really hadn't thought about this problem before he came. He simply thought that as long as he took the silver and smashed it, some craftsmen would definitely follow him. Where did you think of the problem of Han people and Yi people?
However, he still wanted to give it a try and said, "Let's take a look first. You can help us find a place to settle down first. It's best to be clean and tidy."
Liu Dahai immediately bowed and said: "Don't worry, sir. I know there is an inn. It is clean and pure. And the soup made by the proprietress is particularly good!"
Everyone followed Liu Dahai through the streets and came to an inn. This inn was as clean as he said. But it is quiet because the address here is relatively remote and there are relatively few people living here. But clean is really clean. Moreover, the inn was relatively small, so Liu Haojia simply booked the entire hotel.
After Liu Haojia settled down, he saw Liu Dahai still standing by and said directly: "You go back first and come back tomorrow morning. I want to have a good rest tonight, sir."
Liu Haojia rested comfortably that night. Early the next morning, a group of them were eating Cantonese-style breakfast. Although it doesn't quite suit the taste, it has a unique flavor.
While they were eating, Liu Dahai came in from outside. When he saw Liu Haojia, he kowtowed to him. After he kowtowed, Liu Haojia said: "Get up. From now on, you don't have to kowtow every day when you see me. I have never liked kowtow, and now I am in casual clothes."
The reason why Liu Haojia asked Liu Dahai to kowtow was to remind him of the difference between official and civilian status. After all, dentists like Liu Dahai are much smoother than ordinary people! It is said that gangsters in car and boat shops can be killed even if they are innocent. The gangsters here refer to the gangsters like Liu Dahai who are looking for opportunities everywhere to match buyers and sellers in order to obtain commissions.
Liu Dahai stood up after thanking him. Liu Haojia asked: "Have you had breakfast?"
